Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-03-04

~ ~ ~ IN ~ s.,al that those men play
az. IN, who while they adni the rlgn,sos.s,
ness OF religion. set II down ior iusu' tl.c
ance. DO Won know bow many nras Nm
word 'nown occurs II fhe biols, ,rords IN
The Bible. and vet one OF the grannesst,. ~ 4
Inc ramifieatiol,s When does the hihie say =
ths hest time to repcuti Now WheH uurs
the Bible say that God VIII iorgivci 49,
When does tsod say Is The only sn'e S'n,o - y,,t
that word .'now'' melts away as easily a. y
snow fake in the evening rain Where y tns
s.now,i of the dead OF last yearl the now %
the dead OF last month"; the nov, % 'nc
dead OF last week. the nov" Of thc aeau y,
Yesterday Time picked i up n .s uesn at l"
naturalists tell us there are insects Whicn
within the space of one minute are porn' iui
fill their mission, celebrate their hupllais am
die, but this wonderful now Is more snor.
lived than they. 1t Is flash stroke'
Glance It's cradle Is its grave. II men eaten
# nj nil it is with quick clutch Millions OF
men have lost their souls immortal because
they did not understand the momentum ana
the ponderosity OF that one woru. ~ lue
strategic powers of hell are exerled IN tr.lhg
to subtract from the energy ana emphasis VI
that word. They say 1t is only WORD OF three
letters. while there is better word OF eight
They say: throw
away that small word and take this other grand
one;" and so men say: give us 'to-ihortoW
and take away from us 'now';'' and between
those two words is the Appian way OF deati'
and a great multitude throng that road, 1ost-
limo and elbowing each other, fastening on
swifter and swifter to die.
LIFE AT BEST But BRIEF.
For how much would you walk the edge OF
the roof of your housed For how much WOULD
you come out on the most dangerous peak OF
the Matterhorn and wave your caps You
saw: mo money could induce me to do It,
And vet you stand to-day with one foot on a
crumblng moment and the other foot lifted,
not knowing where you Will put y down,
while the distance between you and the DOT
tom of the depth beneath you no plummet can
measure no arithmetic calculate, no wing OF
lightning cleave. And yet the Bible tells us
that unless man has new heart he can NOT
get into heaven; and some OF you are not
seeking for that new heart In Mexico, some
times the ground suddenly opens and man
standing near the gap can see down an appaiI-
ing distance. But OF II to-day at your feet.
there should open the chasms OF the lost
world, how you would fling yourself back and
hold the pew and cry: God save me-now
now! now!'
/ greet you to-day my brother, in the very
gate of eternity. Some of us may live long
er. and some of us may live shorter time !;
but, at the longest, life is SO short that | feel
we all stand on the doorsilll of the great fu-
ture The next step-all the angels OF God
can not undo the consequences Wnl
your exit from this life be rising
or falling! The righteous go up
The Saviour helps them. Ministering
spirits meet them. The doors of paradise
open to receive them. Up! up! up! o, what
a grand thing it is to die with a strong faith
in God like that which Stonewall jackson
had, when in his expiring moments he said;
''Let us cross over the river and lie down in
the shade.n But to leave this world unpre-
10 fel Hing from God fallinU
from hope, falling from peace, falling from
heaven-swiftly falling, wildly falling, forever
falling. So it was with one who had been
eminent for his intelligence, but who had
omitted all preparation for the future world,
and had come down to his last hour. He said
to his wife seated by his bedside: 20, don't
talk to me about pain; it is the mind, woman.
it is the mind OF all the years of my life |
never lived one minute for heaven. 1t is
awfully dark here" he whispered, 't is aw-
fully dark. | seem to stand on the slippery
edge OF great gull | shall fall / am fall
ing" And with shrek. as when man
tumbles over a precipice, he expired. Wise
for this world, about all the matters of his inn
mortal soul he was, his life long, playing the
/ fool.
CHOOSING HEAVEN AT ONCE.
| Twill take the case of some one in the build
ing to-day and ask you what you think about
that case. He has been all his life amid BIZ
bles and chu, ehes, so that he knows his dutY.
Christ has offered to do all for that man that
Divine Savior can offer to do for dying
soul. Heaven has been offered him, yea, been
pushed upon him, and vet he has not accepted
it, and to-day he sits deliberately allowing his
chances for heaven to slip away from him.
What do you say Of that onel "Halunca
ted" says one; "Monomanical" "Playing
the fool" says another. 0, how many there
are taking just such positions! There is such
thing as pyromania, an insanity which dis
IN do trt,v I'm NV fro. bt1t l,f
would have thought that there was a pyro
mania of the immortal nature, and that any
one could be struck through with that iDsan
itv as to have a desire and disposition to con
sumo the soul.
Awake, man, awake woman from the fan
tasia. real or affected. Take Christ. Escape
for eternity. just see what has been done for
you. Lift the thorny cap from the brow OF
Jesus, and see the price that was paid fol-
your liberation. Look at the side and see
where the spear went in and moved round
and round amid broken arteries, the blood
rushing forth in awful sacrifice for your sins
0, wrap those bare and mutila:ed feet of the
dying Lord in Your womanlv lap for they were
torn in hard tramp for your souls O, fol-
tears to weep over this laceration of Christ
U, for broken heart to worship him o, fol
an onipotent impulse strong enough to throw
this whole audience down at the feet of cru
Gifted and risen Jesus! We must repent w,
must believe. We must be saved. 7 can no
consent to have you lose your souls. Conc
with me, and as in the summer time we %
down to the beach and battle in the waters, sc
to-day let us join hands and wade down into
the summary sea of Gods forgiveness. Rol
over us tides of everlasting love, roll over us
Dear Lord, we knock at the door of mercy, no
rs the demented knock, not knowing what
they want, but knocking at the door of mere,
because we want 10 come in, while others rur
their meaningless hands up and down thu
panels. and scrabble at the gate, In the pres
ence OF God, and men, and angels, and devils
playing the fool.